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Wells Corner, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Augusta town. It lies in ZIP code area 13425. It lies near Gibson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle.

Wells Corner within Oneida County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wells Corner, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Wells Corner, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

64 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Wells Corner between 2002 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wells Corner: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Valley Mills QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Lanz Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marshall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vernon Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bertie Waterlime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eisler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kirkland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lawless QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Knoxboro2.3 miles18
Vernon Center2.7 miles25
Augusta2.8 miles18
Deansboro3.6 miles19
Small Corners4.5 miles19
Farmers Mills5.1 miles26
Vernon5.1 miles25
Oriskany Falls5.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973216. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.